Trump sat - jacket open, arms crossed, red-faced while the former PM of Canada eviscerated him

[Maru Kitteh]

by praising HWB for his leadership, saying every head of state in the world knew they were dealing with a true leader and a gentleman - praising HWB for his participation in environmental protections that ensured Canadians and Americans enjoyed beautiful forests, clean waters and air. He also spoke of HWB's selflessness in service to and for his country, rather than self.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump is the most forgettable

president we’ve ever had. He’s done nothing for the world or humanity.

[jcgoldie]

4. I disagree

His actions are going to have long term effects on the world unfortunately.

[C_U_L8R]

21. To be clear, he's done nothing positive for the world

That's a forgettable person... even if his misdeeds linger

[Lithos]

79. A forgettable person is someone you will forget

Drumpf does not fit in that category... His actions will go down much like Hitler in their notoriety. His name will become synonymous with hate and negativity. Not to sure Donald will last as a preferred name for several generations.

L-

[C_U_L8R]

82. No one will honor Trump. There will be no statues.

His buildings will no longer be adorned in garish logos.
No roads or airports or battleships or schools will carry his name.
His damage will be repaired, in time... and no one will remember
a single good thing about the guy. Poof.

[maddiemom]

47. And I disagree with you.

He's definitely the WORST president we've ever had (those previously considered "the worst" presidents never reached his degree of self-serving malevolence and greed in such a short time. Most were mainly inept or corruptible: Trump is inept, AND both a corrupter and corruptible). His hero, Jackson, may have come close in some ways, but he WAS a military leader and a lawyer with governing experience. Trump has wrecked (or TRIED to) an amazing amount of international mayhem in less than two years. Worse, his obvious ignorance of history and government is less than many C level high school graduates. For the U.S. to have depend on other democratic world leaders to save us, is of little hope due to the damage Trump has thus far inflicted on them.

[olegramps]

59. It is difficult to capture just how detestable he is.

[jcgoldie]

60. Not sure how that is disagreeing with what I said

Personally I think the environmental impact of the Trump administration alone is disastrous.

[maddiemom]

86. Meant to disagree with post before you. Sorry.

[C_U_L8R]

65. Let me put it this way

There will be no memorials touting Trump's goodness. Being a pariah may make you infamous but no one will honor you in remembrance. Hence, Trump is forgettable.

[JonSTeps]

83. totally

agree

[Maru Kitteh]

5. To be ignored, to not be the center of attention

That is his prison. That is his hell.

[SergeStorms]

74. He'll get plenty of attention...

in federal prison.

[Adrahil]

12. Oh... he'll be remembered a long time... in ignomy.

Provided the Republic survives his Presidency and GOP cheating.

[ooky]

61. I don't think he will be forgettable at all. I think he will depicted on history pages as

the clown presidency, as a joke. A very bad joke, and very bad mistake by Americans to elect a totally unqualified person to lead America. Historians will write of his lies, his corruption, his ill informed trade decisions, his "wall idiocy", his lawlessness and repeated attempts to circumvent the constitution with illegal executive orders, and his foreign policy of bowing down to dictators and isolating himself from U.S. allies.

As president, historians will regard him as a blithering idiot.

[lark]

64. I think he will be talked about and in history books much like Hitler.

He will be depicted as the person who tried to destroy America's values, standing and constitution for his own personal profit and to enrich Russia by picking up all the things drumpf fucks up, like getting China's soybean contract worth billions when drumpf jacked up the prices by imposing huge tarriffs and like hurting NATO so Russia could successfully steal back Ukraine (and possibly other former Soviet bloc countries as well). They will ask how Americans could lose their minds and support this obviously criminal traitor and this will be discussed for decades at a minimum.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

68. He'll be remembered as an ant among giants

[Awsi Dooger]

75. Remembered as one of the worst Americans of all time

Let's see...lies, fear, collusion, divisiveness, name calling, and keep going.

That will play well with historians and anyone with a fleck of decency.

Forget about issue questions. I really wish one of these reporters would ask Trump if he has any idea how history will view him. Then don't sit down without rattling off a list similar to my first sentence above.

[roscoeroscoe]

2. Awesome

This could be a loooong day for 45

[Totally Tunsie]

3. Loved also the mention of NAFTA.

That was a great gut punch to the blowhard, especially when sitting next to President Obama.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Huh? Thought I heard him also praise Trump

For improving it and revamping it? Was that with reference to Obama? Guess I was thinking wrong because a lot of people say NAFTA was only tweeked and not completely eliminated.

[Totally Tunsie]

55. Half-listening, i didn't hear any praise of tRump, just the mention

of GHWB's part in the creation of NAFTA. My understanding is that tRump is still threatening to withdraw from NAFTA - what's to praise there?

My reference to President Obama was merely due to the shade thrown at tRump in BHO's presence.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. Me too..and not up to speed at all on NAFTA but

I did hear him praise the people the presidents who have tried to improve and update NAFTA over the years. Because I am not up to speed I just assumed he was talking about dingbat.

[Totally Tunsie]

71. LOL - I think he was praising all the presidents EXCEPT "dingbat".

[octoberlib]

6. Yep, Mulroney was throwing major shade

[Haggis for Breakfast]

76. Former Canadian PM Brian Mulroney's

eloquent command of the English language was never more on display than today.

Thank you, Sir, from those of us who remember you and your poise and grace on the international stage. You made Canada proud.

[Honeycombe8]

80. First time I've seen him or heard him, that I recall. He WAS so eloquent.

His eulogy was the best I've heard. Beautifully written and beautifully spoken. Loved it. I could tell GWB and the family loved it, too.

[catbyte]

7. LOL

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Ha! Good one! nt

[octoberlib]

8. ....

Link to tweet

omfg, Trump is getting trolled so hard at George H.W. Bush's funeral. The speakers are very pointedly praising NATO, NAFTA, & the Clean Air Act, and warning against "giving into our worst impulses."

... and Trump, per usual, looks like a petulant child.

[cilla4progress]

26. I doubt

he even gets it...the trolling.

[handmade34]

37. my thought as well...

he most likely doesn't get it... his interpretation skews all things to support his behavior...

[Haggis for Breakfast]

77. Oh, he got it alright.

His posture, his body language, his facial expressions couldn't have been MORE telling. He knew he was being compared to someone who has more class, integrity, courage and dignity that he would ever possible hope to have.

It couldn't have been more obvious. Remember a picture speak a thousand words.

[3catwoman3]

31. He doesn't just...

...look like a petulant child, he IS a petulant child.

[calimary]

36. We turned it back on to watch after I shared some of these

observations with my husband. Made him look!

Sure enough, after the minister finished and the shot was back on the row of Presidents, he noticed how the Obamas, the Clintons, and Jimmy Carter could be seen looking touched and pleasantly contemplative. And there was trump, sitting visibly uncomfortably, with that pout on his face. “Nothing for or about ME! WAAAAAAHHHH!”

Actually, dude, a LOT of this IS about you. And what you AREN’T.

Suck it up, donald. You have nobody to blame but your stupid, selfish, thoughtless, reckless, and greedy self.

[George II]

9. I guess I shouldn't have turned the sound off. The music and pageantry are fine....

....just can't take all the contrived speeches.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. The contrived speeches are being utilized well

today.

[George II]

18. There's trump sitting there manspreading with his hands in front of his crotch. I guess....

....he was such a shithead when he was younger that he was kicked in the scrotum countless times and learned to protect himself.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. I think he's just crotch-centric. Seriously. It's an extension of his focus on self

A very short extension, apparently.

[gopiscrap]

25. oh my God, I just spewed out my coffee

[calimary]

38. BWAAAAA-haaaaaaaa-haaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Thou winnest the Internet!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

43. "Crotch-centric"! LOL!

[Maru Kitteh]

51. Candy

[LuckyLib]

66. He looked like he was on his golden throne. The only thing missing was his Iphone.

[central scrutinizer]

10. Individual 1 is too self centered

And dense to realize he is being trolled publicly in real time

[calimary]

40. Y'know something? I kinda like that "Individual 1" nickname!

That one’s gonna grow on me.

[central scrutinizer]

41. Shorter than Unindicted Co-conspirator

[SammyWinstonJack]

54. You're probably right about that.

[Xipe Totec]

13. He's like a toadstool squatting among majestic sequoias. nt

[bronxiteforever]

16. +1 that is good!

[Mira]

28. ...

[calimary]

53. My husband just looked up anglerfish in Wikipedia.

He was trying to figure out which fish it was that reminded him of trump. Lamprey? No. Grouper? No not that either. Anglerfish. Found it in Wikipedia. He showed it to me. Said its name was Donald.

“But it makes great deals...”

[Hortensis]

15. Oh, for heavens' sake. This funeral is NOT about Trump.

This peculiar misinterpretation of what's happening dishonors not just the speakers, not just the man who just died, not just his family and those who knew him as a friend, but our nation and its people. The imaginary twisting of every respectful comment into an upholstery pin being used to attack Trump is not a true picture of how most people think.

It may say something about a malice that's taken over some politically-oriented minds in these anxious times, but nothing about what is in the minds of those who have much bigger and better things to contemplate. And of course those not watching at all, which is most Americans by far.

[cwydro]

19. This.

+1

[tymorial]

23. You are correct. There is a whole lot of confirmation bias here

Highlighting anothers accomplishments do not necessarily denigrate the inaction of another.... even if the contrast is striking

[grantcart]

24. While true that doesn't mean that Trump won't see it as an intentional rebuke

And the contrast, which may not have been intentional is both on point and stark

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Yes. Unfortunately it's easy to interpret all these positive words about GHWB as

intentional trolling of Trump but they really are not, and it dishonors the occasion to assume they are. The speakers are eulogizing GHWB, not criticizing Trump - but the contrast between the two (actually, between Trump and any normal person) is so striking that it's tempting to interpret the comments as intentionally directed at Trump. But we shouldn't do that. That's letting Trump live rent-free in our heads.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. But if you think about it how do we know that?

If it was my father or my friend who died and held great qualities in my mind I would want people to know how different he was then the person who holds the office today. I am sure it is something people think about all the time watching Trump.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. I guess I'd want those good qualities to stand on their own.

It's inevitable that comparisons will be made because Trump is so uniquely awful, but even if Hillary or someone else were president now, I think the eulogies would be the same.

[Louis1895]

49. Thank you!

I totally agree with you.

[Hortensis]

50. :) Horrible thought: Letting Trump live rent-free in our heads."

We used to live in villages which through tradition and collective wisdom set limits for acceptable behavior. Now that we're suddenly free of most constraints, we each need to do that for ourselves. Not copy people who imagine a man who cannot must be far worse than those who will not.

[mr_lebowski]

35. Aww, c'mon ...

Given how insecure and sensitive Individual I is ... you can easily imagine HIM perceiving it this way ... and that's the fun of it. Even if nobody is ACTUALLY purposefully trolling him, he's just the type to see it that way.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. I see nothing wrong with pointing out the good qualities

Of someone who died and comparing it 2 a successor who has none of those qualities. I think it's a disservice to the person who died not to mention. And by the way, this is a political form, right

[calimary]

48. It does offer a clear contrast - and a reminder of what a REAL

President is supposed to be.

I’m no gushing fan of GHWB. He definitely had his faults. But the contrast is literally staggering. And I think we can all use a reminder about how it’s supposed to be. Having a respectable example of at least some dignity in office, rather than the revolting and utterly humiliating slap-in-the-face/punch-in-the-gut indignity that we’re currently suffering through.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

56. I think that's one thing I have learned from enduring -45 - is that opponents CAN

be good and decent people. You can just tell this must be true just by the way his family and friends talked about him. Same with McCain. Sadly, it is apparent that it is not possible for -45 to all of a sudden learn dignity and compassion. Unless maybe someone kidnapped him and gave him a couple years of intense therapy in a monk's retreat somewhere.

[Tarc]

42. I would agree that none of the speakers are intentionally needling him with their words at all

they are all actual, sensible, thoughtful human beings. I have little doubt that Trump himself is rolling around every word, dissecting every turn of phrase, in his head, looking for insults and slights.

[Chemisse]

17. Imagine if he couldn't control his rage anymore and had to be escorted out of the funeral.

That would be sweet.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. Mr Maru and I were wondering if he doesn't feign some excuse to leave

Would not be surprising in the least.

[Hulk]

29. Can you imagine a funeral for this tyrant...?

I hope I am alive to witness. Right up there with cheney, Rumsfeld, Gingrich, and the other vile scourges.

[redstatebluegirl]

30. He was behaving like what my Mom would say "A Whore in Church", or that's right he is!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Hmmm...subtle to me

Probably way too subtle for IQ.

Shrub was subtle too but got some zingers in....treating opposition never with malice. That was my favorite

[Hulk]

33. Are his hypocritical evangelicals even watching this dolt during the funeral...??

Can’t join in song or prayer, because it is totally alien to this heathen jackass.

Not a smile or a tear. NO emotion at all. A deplorable, shame-filled and disgusting con artist thug.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

52. Fundies wouldn't care much for this funeral.

Too "popish." Episcopalians are liberals and heretics.

[TNNurse]

46. Trump has poor posture, his shoulders slump forward.

His clothes do not fit well, he is overweight and droopy. He has absolutely no class, no taste and no ability to look dignified.

[LiberalLovinLug]

57. Every one of these older esteemed politician's funerals that he is forced to attend

Or his dirty seed as a stand in, and he has to sit and listen to praises of their lives which are always the opposite of how he leads his life, and now "leads" the country, is so revealing.

He desperately wants that kind of adulation as well, yet he is cursed with an attitude and brain, of an arrogant, spoiled, bratty, mean, 6 year child.

I think he sits through these things envious of all that adulation, and that WHAT they are actually praising them for goes right over his head. Its just the act of adulation that he is interested in. For what, and from who, it doesn't matter. Thus he, being lazy, went for the low hanging fruit, the racists, the woman haters, the evangelicals, those that have been marginalized and ridiculed in society, the ones that were desperate for someone to come out and support them publicly, tell them what they wanted to hear. A crowd's a crowd to him. He's probably also thinking how he's never seen so many losers. And how his funeral will be much better attended. Largest funeral ever.

[red dog 1]

62. Kick!

[DeminPennswoods]

63. Trump looked like

many of my classmates and myself as we eagerly awaited the end of class so we could scurry to the football stadium for seats. We sat the same way, books closed, crouched forward, not paying attention, just waiting for the words "class dismissed" to be uttered.

[turbinetree]

67. When the camera went to the traitor sitting at the end with (Orange hair)

he kept playing patty cake with himself.................what a disgrace....................like he was bored..................

Dumb shit finally figured it out that you don't salute to the military ........................if you are not in uniform..................


And Hillary Clinton didn't want to shake his hand................................

[calimary]

69. Why should she? I'm totally fine with that.

I heard someone on CNN say she didn't even look at him. I wouldn't, either.

That's okay. Solemn occasion. Decorum preserved.

[turbinetree]

87. I agree................

[NastyRiffraff]

70. Trump thinks everything is about him

Brian Mulroney may or may not have been thinking of Trump when he spoke; he was most certainly thinking of GHWB though. The fact that Trump seemed to think it was about him says more about Trump than about Mulroney and his speech.

[Honeycombe8]

72. No link? Maybe it's on Youtube. Found it!

[oasis]

89. Thanks for posting. I'll give it a listen.

[BigmanPigman]

73. I liked historian Jon Meacham's eulogy when he mentioned a wall, dictators,

and those with disabilities.

"And on his watch, a wall fell in Berlin, a dictator's aggression did not stand, and doors across America opened to those with disabilities".
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a25412042/jon-meacham-george-hw-bush-funeral-eulogy-transcript/

[redstatebluegirl]

78. As my Mom would say he looked like a whore in church.

[UniteFightBack]

81. He is disgusting. I did an impression of him sitting today...and everybody knew who

it was. Just revolting.

[ginnyinWI]

84. The sitting-on-the-potty pose?

He does it every time. Everyone else in that row was leaning back comfortably

[BlueJac]

85. K&R 10000 times

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

88. I will not piss on Trump's grave.

I hate to stand in long lines.